Andrew Wan was named Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in 2008. As a soloist, he has performed throughout the world under the direction of such conductors as Vengerov, Petrenko, Labadie, Rizzi, Oundjian, Stern, and DePreist, among others, and has given chamber music concerts with many artists, including the Juilliard String Quartet, Repin, Hamelin, Trifonov, Pressler, Widmann, Ax, Ehnes, and Shaham. He has served as guest concertmaster of the Pittsburgh, Houston, Toronto, National Arts Centre and Indianapolis Symphonies. His recordings with Kent Nagano and the OSM, Charles Richard-Hamelin, James Ehnes and the Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Metropolis Ensemble, and the New Orford String Quartet have received a GRAMMY nomination, two Juno Awards, and multiple Felix and Opus Awards. Mr. Wan holds three degrees from the Juilliard School and is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, and Artistic Director of Les Solistes de l’OSM. He plays a Michel’Angelo Bergonzi violin (1744), on generous loan from the David Sela collection, for which he extends his warmest thanks. He also performs on an 1860 Dominique Peccatte bow, graciously loaned by Canimex.

Canadian conductor Jordan de Souza completed four years with the Komische Oper Berlin in 2020, collaborating with renowned director Barrie Kosky on four critically acclaimed new productions: Pelléas et Mélisande, La Bohème, Weinberger’s Frühlingsstürme and Candide. He appears with numerous renowned orchestras worldwide. Recent highlights include Die Zauberflöte at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec in a programme including Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony. His success with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Garsington Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier in 2021 led to engagements with this orchestra in their Royal Festival Hall this season, which also features performances with major Canadian orchestras and a debut with the Seattle opera (Tristan und Isolde) and the Orchestra della Toscana. Born in Toronto, Jordan studied conducting at McGill University and made his debut at 20 in Bach’s St John Passion. His repertoire has never ceased to grow and diversify, embracing opera, the orchestral repertoire and choral music.